Max Wants a Divorce is a 1917 American short film directed by Max Linder.

Max Wants a Divorce
Directed byMax Linder
Written byMax Linder
StarringSee below
Production
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Distributed byEssanay Studios
Release date
  • March 26, 1917 (1917-03-26)
Running time
2 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English language intertitles

Plot

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Max is forced to choose between losing his newly-wedded wife and a fortune. He hits upon a brilliant scheme: He will give his wife grounds for a divorce, secure the money, and then make his ex-wife Mrs. Linder again. He goes through any amount of trouble in helping her to get the necessary evidence, only to find that it is all a mistake on the part of a stupid lawyer - the money and the wife are both to be his. -- Edward Weitzel, Moving Picture World (April 7, 1917)

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Premiere and preservation status

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The film premiered at the Strand Theatre in New York City on 26 March 1917. A restored print was presented by Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on 1 June 2014.

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